Champs that can Flex Pick and Utility-Carries
For example Lux or Gargas can Support as well as Mid or Jungle respectively. Sylas, Irelia, Akali, and Aatrox can all go where the match ups are with basically no sacrifice. But there is no need for specifics, because it is about how the game works. The more flexible a champ is in what he/she can do for a team and where, the less that champ should be able to carry.
If a champ like Akali has so many good match ups, and/or so little bad ones, against all types of champs then that means that is her identity and should be a large part of who she is. Which would align the champ's optimal strength with early/mid game. If x champ has more favorable or non-counter match ups than 90% of the roster, and can hard carry on top of it, it firstly makes no sense, but mainly it is not fun bc it significantly narrows the game. Flex picking is the definition of utility. Would anyone think in a MOBA that being jack-of-all trades is synonymous with carrying? It is hard to see how Pyke actually exist how he is.
It amounts to this. If two equally good players are matched up and one picks Akali, the other is now forced to not take a risk to give himself the best chance to succeed. Akali is a non-risky carry which in MOBAs is an oxymoron. That is the League we have now, and they wonder why people play less. Game needs to look at a lot of things when it comes to the fundamentals of how it works best, maybe I will make future posts.
- do a ton more than damage from several different roles aka Utility Champs aka Shouldn't carry late.
tl;dr - What else can Darius or Diana do other than with a couple spells try to setup good ults? Just about nothing.
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